Tim Shea: Wait until you hear about the infosec space

Self-described libertarians have been explaining to me on Facebook how my criticism of a Supreme Court ruling that puts the most powerful government official in the world above the law is proof that I'm no longer a libertarian.

A True Libertarian would believe that everyone is above the law, including the president

US libertarians on the whole have always been crypto authoritarians, in my experience. There are exceptions, but drowned out by the howling mob.

"Crypto" as in "hidden", although the other kind also exists in abundance.

I forget who said it (possibly the existential comics guy) but someone said "libertarians are just authoritarians who haven't found a preferred dictator yet"

or republicans who want to smoke weed

That’s always been mine: libertarians are just Republicans who like weed. They purport to stand outside of the party system but, when it’s time to put an X in a box, they always seem to find comfort with the Republican candidate.

I always find this discourse amusing, confusing, and somewhat depressing. I've always maintained that libertarianism (at least as pertains to my own "classification") is effectively just more pragmatic anarchism (before anyone jumps down my throat, I recognize there are important distinctions).

I will readily admit mine is colored by the people I’ve encountered in the tech space who describe themselves as libertarians but only ever seem to care about taxes and guns, and hate non-white people who have jobs in their field.

Wait until you hear about the infosec space

Wait until you hear what my first job was at Microsoft and where I met the people I’m talking about.

"do not cite the deep magic to me"

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